Sentence examples for ruled empty from inspiring English sources

I remember the sun on my neck as I carried the car seat by its handles as a portable carryall for the baby after Karen had been in there a few minutes, I remember my instructions to her beforehand as we sat in the van with the motor running in the neatly ruled empty parking lot around the side, and, though the air-conditioning was on, I felt the sweat dripping down the small of my back.

According to those rules, empty space is not empty, but rather foaming with energy.

Broadcasters have not ruled out "empty-chairing" Cameron in the proposed debates, due to take place in April, but are understood to be hopeful that the prime minister can be persuaded to take part.

Otherwise, your teen will see the "no talking back" rule as an empty threat and they will continue to push boundaries in future.

Cyclists, an often beleaguered bunch here, suddenly ruled, taking advantage of the empty, and presumably safer, roads to get around.

In Experiment 3, the results of varying the duration of the second marker on empty interval trials ruled out a reliance on timing and summing the duration of the markers themselves.

We consider that the most direct form of forgetting (i.e. subjects forget the location of the food items) can be ruled out because apes chose empty boxes quite rarely.

Four composition rules (rule of thirds, empty space, no middle, and edge rule) were used to guide their system to obtain a good composition.

But countries that repeatedly flout the rules, issue empty threats or take Europe for granted end up losing influence: ask Italy, Greece or Cyprus.

Behind the Israeli troops, the City Inn Hotel, a Palestinian-owned establishment that had been a sign of Ramallah's economic revival under Palestinian rule, was empty, commandeered by the soldiers.

Therefore, so the complaint goes, these rules are empty as normative constraints.